Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign plans to ask for a partial recount of the Iowa caucus results, after the state Democratic Party released results of its recanvass late Tuesday that show Sanders and Pete Buttigieg in an effective tie.
U.S. President Donald Trump has commuted what he called a "ridiculous" 14-year prison sentence for former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich and pardoned former New York Police Department commissioner Bernie Kerik, among a long list of others.
A long-running dispute between Britain and Greece over ancient treasures has spilled into tensions over Brexit after a demand for the return of stolen cultural artifacts was added to the draft of a European Union negotiating mandate.
Government air strikes have hit hospitals and refugee camps in northwest Syria and killed about 300 civilians as President Bashar al-Assad's forces press an assault against the last rebel stronghold, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
Ashraf Ghani has won a second term as president of Afghanistan, the country's independent election commission announced Tuesday, more than four months after polls closed.
Residents in central England and Wales braced Tuesday for more flooding as rivers peaked in the wake of a weekend storm that brought up to 150 mm of rain to an already waterlogged region.
Wuhan's health bureau announced Tuesday that Liu Zhiming, director of a hospital in the hard-hit Chinese city, is at least the seventh health worker to die of the COVID-19 disease.
Former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg has qualified for this week's Democratic presidential debate in Nevada, putting him on the same stage as his rivals for the first ti,e in the race for the party's nomination.
A jury is expected to begin deliberations in New York on Tuesday in Harvey Weinstein's trial, after often-emotional testimony from multiple women who accused him of sexual assault.
A Turkish court has acquitted businessman Osman Kavala and eight others over their alleged role in the Gezi Park protests of 2013, delivering a surprise ruling in a case that had drawn criticism from Western allies and rights groups.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial will start on March 17, two weeks after Israel holds its third national election in less than a year, the Justice Ministry said on Tuesday.
Japanese health authorities say they have confirmed 88 more cases of COVID-19 on a quarantined cruise ship near Tokyo, bringing the total to 542 — including 32 Canadian cases.
Hundreds of U.S. law enforcement agencies have partnered with Amazon's Ring doorbell camera company, despite persistent questions about privacy and data management. Windsor, Ont.'s mayor wants his city to join, too.
The Scouts could be forced to sell off some of their vast property holdings, including campgrounds and hiking trails, to raise money for a compensation trust fund that could surpass a billion dollars.
